Definitions
Unit used to measure engine power.
Word origin
From horse + power: the unit was originally defined as the amount of power that a horse could provide.
Used in a sentence
“Shillibeer's bus came in 1829 drawn by three horses. Later two horses were found sufficient to pull these closed wagonettes, which eventually had outside seats, and later on the substitution of a motor for horsepower.”
“The Sun Inn is an attractive black-and-white building, and has an old mounting block outside as a reminder of the days when horsepower meant four legs and a saddle.”
“The wheel was to have been turned by horsepower, but it was adapted to be driven by a mill-wheel on the river Derwent […]”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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